Feank g



(No. Modl.)

P. G. HARRISON. GUARD POR HARNESS BUCKLES.

No. 291,846. -Patenteduanf 8, 1R84.

vINVRRTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

turn Starts FRANK G. HARRISON, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASS., ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO RICHARD S. DODGE AND PAUL ADAMS, BOTH OF SAME PLAGE.

GUARD FOR HARNESS=BUCKLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,846, dated January8, 1884-..

Application filed September 4, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK G. HARRI- soN, a citizen of the United States.and aresident of Newburyport, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGuards for Harness -Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification,

- and 'in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved guard forharness-buckles, showing it attached to the straps. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of its two component parts detached from the straps andfrom each other. Fig: 3 is a top view, and Fig. 4 is alongitudinalsectional view through line x m in Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thegures.

My invention has relation to that class of guards for harness-buckleswhich consist of a plate covering the buckle and secured over the sameby means of loops, one at each end of the plate, through which the strappasses, and it consists in the improved construction and combination ofparts of such a guard, made in two pieces, one of which is secured tothe tongue of the buckle, as hereinafter more fully described andclaimed. In guards of this class difficulty is often experienced ingetting the end of the strap out of the loop upon the outer end of theguard-plate for the purpose of unbuckling it or adjusting it in thebuckle; and to this end I make the guard in two pieces, and by passingthe perforated end of one of the pieces through a transverse slot in theother piece and inserting the said perforated end into the buckle, withthe tongue passing through the perforation, I obtain a lock for the samewhich will prevent the tongue from becoming disengaged from itsperforation on the strap, and the strap thus becoming unbuckled.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the strap passingthrough the buckle, and B the strap, to which the buckle 5o C isattached, which buckle has the usual tongue, D.

E is a slightly-bulged oblong plate, having a loop, F, at one end,through which the outer portion of strap A passes, and a transverseslot, G, at the other end.

H is the tongue-securing plate, adapted to' be inserted through the saidtransverse slot, and having a loop, I, at one end, through which theupper portion of the strap A passes, 6c and a perforation, J, throughwhich the tongue of the buckle passes.

The guard is placed upon the strap in the following manner, viz: Strap Ais rst inserted through the loop of the smaller plate, 6 5 the end ofwhich is inserted into the transverse slot in the larger plate orguard-plate, whereupon the strap and the end of the locking-plate areinserted into the buckle and secured upon the tongue, which passesthrough 7o the strap and through the perforation in the locking-plate,and the outer end of the strap is now passed through the loop upon theguard-plate, which is swung upward until the strap has passed throughthe loop, when it is drawn down, covering the buckle. It will thus beseen that the perforated plate will secure the tongue of the buckle,preventing it from becoming disengaged, and that the guardplate willprevent objects from being caught 8o in the buckle.

I am aware that buckle-guards have been made consisting of a platehaving loops or slots at both ends, through which the strap passes, andI do not wish to claim such construction, broadly; but

YVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. A buckle-guard consisting of a bulged guard-plate having a loop atone end and a 9o transverse slot at the other end, and a perforatedtongue-securing plate having a loop at one end, perforated at the otherend, and adapted to be inserted through the slot in the guard-plate, asand for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. The combination of two straps, a buckle,

a bulged guard-plate having a loop at one In testimony that I claim theforegoing;` as ancla tongue-securing plate having zt loop at l'ny own Ihave hereunto ufn'xed my signature one end, L perforation in the otherend, and

end and a transverse slot at the other end, l

1n presence of two witnesses.

Ti tn esses:

STEPHEN COLLINS, HORACE J. BARTLETT.

plate and into the buckle, tting with its perforation over the tongue ofthe buckle, as und l adapted to pass through the slot in the guurcl-FRANK G. HARRISON.

for the purpose shown and set forth.

